The book walks you through your language in 23 easy steps. Almost
automatically you will acquire a large working vocabulary that will suit
your needs. As you work through the steps, use the sticky labels
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Jonathan Swift's masterpiece is the finest satire in the English
language. Shipwrecked traveler Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed
ashore in Lilliput, a kingdom populated by tiny people. Fascinated by
their exotic visitor, the Lilliputians enlist Gulliver's services in
their bitter civil war. But Gulliver becomes the object of a court
intrigue and has to make a hasty escape. On his next voyage, his ship is
blown off course to Brobdingnag, whose giant inhabitants strike him as
horrific and occasionally revolting. A third journey takes him to
Laputa, a floating island occupied by pedantic scientists and
philosophers. Finally, he encounters a society of rational horses, the
Houyhnhnms, and witnesses the appalling behaviour of their servants the
Yahoos, a group who are in many ways disturbingly similar to Man at his
most bestial. Swift's brilliantly original story is a timeless portrait
of the human condition in all its misery and majesty.
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany in May 1712 in two cantos
(334 lines), but then revised, expanded and reissued under Pope's name
on March 2, 1714, in a much-expanded 5-canto version (794 lines). The
final form was available in 1717 with the addition of Clarissa's speech
on good humour.
The poem satirizes a petty squabble by comparing it to the epic world of the gods. It was based on an incident recounted by Pope's friend, John Caryll. Arabella Fermor and her suitor, Lord Petre, were both from aristocratic recusant Catholic families at a period in England when under such laws as the Test Act, all denominations except Anglicanism suffered legal restrictions and penalties (for example Petre could not take up his place in the House of Lords
as a Catholic). Petre, lusting after Arabella, had cut off a lock of
her hair without permission, and the consequent argument had created a
breach between the two families. Pope, also a Catholic, wrote the poem
at the request of friends in an attempt to "comically merge the two." He
utilized the character Belinda to represent Arabella and introduced an
entire system of "sylphs," or guardian spirits of virgins, a parodized version of the gods and goddesses of conventional epic.
The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded as being one of the best Restoration comedies written and is still performed sporadically to this day.
This grammar has been written specially for non-Norwegians. Our aim has been to give a simple, step-hy-step presentation of the grammatical rules and systems of Norwegian «bokmâl», one of the two official written variants of Norwegian. The many examples given throughout the book assist the reader in practical usages which have proved difficult for those learning the language. As the intention of this book is to give a practical guide to modern Norwegian as it is used in an everyday context, emphasis has been given to providing translations of the Norwegian examples which are as colloquial and idiomatic as possible. The British English variants used throughout in the translations may on occasion appear unfamiliar to speakers of. for example. American English, but this should not be an obstacle to a full understanding of the text. Haslum, January 1986 Ase-Berit and Rolf Strandskogen Barbara White
Contents Preface ................................................ 9 I Parts of speech ..................................... 11 VERBS ................................................. 12 INFINITIVE ............................................ 12 IMPERATIVE .......................................... 15 SUBJUNCTIVE ......................................... I7 INDICATIVE ........................................... I7 Active .................................................. 17 Passive ................................................. 18 Present ................................................. 18 Past (Imperfect) ......................................... 20 Perfect.................................................. 21 Pluperfect......................................•........ 22 Future.................................................. 23 Future Perfect ........................................... 26 Conditional ............................................. 26 Conditional Perfect....................................... 27 The Continuous Aspect ................................... 27 SEQUENCE OF TENSES ................................ 28 MODAL AUXILIARIES.................................. 29 Modal auxiliacies without a main verb ...................... 32 TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS ............. 33 Conjugation of some intransitive and transitive verbs......... 34 SEPARABLE AND INSEPARABLE COMPOUND VERBS PRESENT PARTICIPLE................................. 37 VERBS ENDING IN -S .................................. 3S CONJUGATIONS ....................................... 40 ARTICLES.............................................. 45 FORM ................................................. 45 Articles in relation to nouns ............................... 45 Articles in relation to adjectives ........................... 46
FUNCTION ............................................. 47 Simple/compound definite ................................. 47 Rules for use of the articles ............................... 50 NOUNS ................................................ 57 GENDER .............................................. 57 Masculine ............................................... 57 Feminine................................................ 58 Neuter.................................................. 58 DECLENSIONS ......................................... 59 Masculine nouns ......................................... 59 Feminine nouns .......................................... 61 Neuter nouns ............................................ 62 MORE ABOUT SINGULAR AND PLURAL .............. 64 DEFINITE OR INDEFINITE FORM ..................... 64 CASE .................................................. 65 Nominative.............................................. 65 Genitive ................................................ 65 Dative .................................................. 65 COMPOUND NOUNS ................................... 67 Noun + Noun ........................................... 67 Adjective + Noun ....................................... 68 Verb + Noun ........................................... 69 Preposition + Noun ...................................... 69 Adverb + Noun ......................................... 69 ADJECTIVES ........................................... 70 DECLENSIONS ......................................... 70 Regular declension ....................................... 70 Irregular forms .......................................... 71 «Liten» ............................................... 75 «Annen» and «egen» ................................... 75 «Mange» and «mye».................................... 77 The indefinite form of the adjective ........................ 77 The definite form of the adjective .......................... 78 Successive adjectives ..................................... 79 The past participle used as an adjective ..................... 79 Other adjectives ending in -et ............................. 80 Comparison of adjectives ................................. 80 Concord ................................................ 84
ADVERBS .............................................. 8" FORMS ................................................ 87 Comparison of adverbs ................................... 88 ADVERBS OF DEGREE ................................ 90 «Valdig» - «mye» - «cnda» - «aller» ..................... 90 ADVERBS OF PLACE .................................. 90 Stative and dynamic pairs................................ 91 Pairs with the same meanings............................ 91 ADVERBS OF MANNER ............................... 92 «Slik/sänn» - «slikt/sänt» ................................ 92 «Hvordan» ............................................ 92 ADVERBS OF MODIFICATION ......................... 92 «Da», «nok», «jo», «vel», «na», «sikkert» ................. 93 «Heller» .............................................. 94 ADVERBS OF TIME .................................... 95 «Ennä» - «enda»....................................... 95 «Da» - «sa» ........................................... 95 «Noen gang» - «Noen ganger»........................... 96 «Sjelden» - «sjeldent» .................................. 97 «F0rst» ............................................... 97 ADVERBIAL PHRASES OF TIME....................... 97 «I gär» - «i dag» - «i morgen» ........................... 97 «Om sommercn/vintcren» ............................... 98 «Om dagen/natten» .................................... 99 «I är» - «i äret»........................................ 99 Duration of time ....................................... 99 Holidays .............................................. 100 «How long» ........................................... 101 During................................................ 101 PRONOUNS............................................. 102 PERSONAL PRONOUNS................................ 104 Subject form ............................................ 104 Subject or object form .................................... 104 Indefinite use - «du», «de» ................................ 104 Neutral forms - «den», «det» .............................. 105 Repetition of subject form ................................ 105 Object form in exclamations............................... 105 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS ............................... 105 In reflexive verbs ........................................ 105 Comparison with object form of personal pronouns .......... 106
Reflexive/non-reflexive verbs ..............................106 Infinitives after reflexive pronouns .........................107 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS............................... 107 Position of possessives .................................... 108 Genitive ................................................ 109 Reflexive possessive pronouns .............................109 DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS ........................ 112 Form ................................................... 112 Obligatory neuter singular form............................ 113 Definite article or demonstrative pronoun? ..................113 Compound/Simple definite ................................114 Special note on demonstrative pronouns ....................114 Other demonstrative pronouns............................. 115 «Slik» - «slikt» - «slike» ................................ 115 «Samme» ............................................. 115 «Sclv/sj0l(v)» .......................................... 115 «Begge» .............................................. 116 INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS ......................... 117 «Hvem» .............................................. 118 «Hva» ................................................118 «Hvilkcn» - «hvilket» - «hvilke» .........................118 «Hva for en/et/noe/noen» ...............................118 RELATIVE PRONOUNS ................................ 120 «Som» ................................................120 As subject in relative clauses .............................. 121 Special uses of «som»..................................... 122 Literary forms ........................................... 123 Cleft sentences ..........................................123 «Som» in relation to time and place ........................124 RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS ............................. 125 Each other .............................................. 125 INDEFINITE PRONOUNS............................... 125 One .................................................... 125 Assertive pronouns - noen/noe ............................126 annen/annet/andre .................... 127 mange/myc .......................... 127 Negative pronouns - no one/nothing .......................127 Universal pronouns - all/evcryone/everything................ 129 each/every ........................... 131 Impersonal pronoun ...................................... 132
CONJUNCTIONS ........................................ 135 COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS .....................135 SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS .................... 135 <«Om» ................................................ 137 Conjunctions of time ..................................... 138 «Da» - «nar» .......................................... 138 «Etter at» - «etter» - «etterpa» .......................... 139 «F0r» - «foran» - «tidligere» ............................ 139 Conjunctions of cause .................................... 140 «Fordi» - «for» ........................................ 149 «Fordi» - «derfor» ..................................... 140 Conjunctions of condition ................................. 143 «Uten at» - «uten a» ................................... 142 Conjunctions of concession ................................ 143 Conjunctions of purpose .................................. 143 Conjunctions of result .................................... 144 «Sa» .................................................. 144 Conjunctions of comparison ............................... 145 INTERJECTIONS ....................................... 146 NUMERALS ............................................ 147 CARDINALS/ORDINALS ............................... 147 Notes on «en/en/et/ett» ................................... 148 Second ................................................. 148 Alternative forms ........................................ 149 Dates and age ........................................... 149 Fractions ................................................ 150 The clock ............................................... 151 Money .................................................. Some idioms ............................................ 155 Numerals written as words or figures ....................... PREPOSITIONS ......................................... 156 Place ................................................... 156 Time ................................................... I59 Purpose ................................................. l59 Means .................................................. 159 Attribute................................................ I59 Genitive ................................................ 160
Passive ................................................. 160 Prepositional phrases which replace genitives ......................................... 160 Prepositional phrases which replace compound nouns.................................. 161 Idiomatic prepositional phrases ............................ 162 II Sentence elements................................. 180 SUBJECT .............................................. 180 «Det» as subject ......................................... 180 VERB PHRASE ........................................ 181 COMPLEMENT......................................... 182 OBJECT................................................ 183 INDIRECT OBJECT .................................... 184 ADVERBIAL ........................................... 185 III Sentence structure ................................ 186 MAIN CLAUSES ....................................... 186 SUBORDINATE CLAUSES ............................. 186 IV Word order ....................................... 188 MAIN CLAUSES ....................................... 188 Position of the subject .................................... 188 Position of the verb phrase ................................ 188 Position of the adverbial .................................. 190 Position of the direct and indirect object .................... 192 Position of the reflexive pronoun .......................... 192 SUBORDINATE CLAUSES ............................. 193 SUBORDINATE CLAUSE RELATIVE TO MAIN CLAUSE 194 Subordinate clause first ................................... 194 Main clause first ......................................... 194 RULES FOR THE USE OF COMMAS.................... 195 Index.................................................. 197
T his has been a big labour, which would have been impossible had
I not been able to share ideas with (and to borrow from) many col-
leagues and past editors. Several recent editors of the poems have
been exceptionally kind in offering advice and additional assis-
tance. John Kerrigan has been particularly helpful and encourag-
ing, especially since his edition of the Sonnets is such an impossibly
fine example to follow. His careful reading of the typescript saved
me from many errors. Katherine Duncan-Jones has offered many
wise words, in print and in person, without which this edition
would be much poorer than it is. A helpful conversation with Helen
Vendler on punctuation has also left its mark on many lines of the
Sonnets, and John Roe has offered many helpful comments over
several years. Hyder Rollins’s monumental Variorum editions have
been daily and invaluable companions.
CONTENTS
PART 1:
List of Illustrations ix
Introduction 1
Shakespeare the Poet 1
Venus and Adonis 6
Publication and Date of Composition 6
Dedication 10
Literary Milieu 15
Lucrece 40
Publication and Date of Composition 40
The Argument, Sources, and Politics 45
Reading (in) Lucrece 55
Rape and Consent 66
The Passionate Pilgrim 74
‘Let the bird of loudest lay’ 82
Shakespeare’s Sonnets 91
Publication and Circulation 91
Dedication 98
Date and Sequence 103
Sources 111
Reading the Sonnets 118
A Lover’s Complaint 138
Date and Attribution 138
The Poem and its Context 140
Poems Attributed to Shakespeare in the Seventeenth Century 146
‘Shall I die?’ 148
A Funeral Elegy 152
Editorial Procedures 159
Abbreviations and References 160
VENUS AND ADONIS 171
LUCRECE 237
THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM 339
‘LET THE BIRD OF LOUDEST LAY’ 371
PART2:
SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS 379
A LOVER’S COMPLAINT 693
appendix 719
Poems Attributed to Shakespeare in the
Seventeenth Century 719
Index 729
Index of First Lines 748